From January 14 to January 19, 2025, Kyle Marshall Choreography will be in residency at PS21 for the technical rehearsal of NDP Awardee Femenine, an evening-length dance set to composer Julius Eastman’s most joyous works.

Eastman’s 1974 70-minute composition of the same title includes woodwinds, marimba, voice, vibraphone, piano, bass, and an ocean of bells. The movement’s queer architecture, groovy momentum and choreographic density matches that of the music. The dance ebbs between joy, power and frustration of living on the margins of society, via the intimacy of city living and tranquility of nature.

Through this 70-minute journey, the piece moves through the shadows of queer history, recognizing the struggles of our present time, glimpsing a queer future full of power, trust and softness.

The world premiere of Femenine will be Saturday, March 29th 7pm at Drew University (NJ).

Photo by Edo Tastic (KMC Creative Director).